Convince. Tempt. Motivate with reward.
That's what red carrots and spicy peanut sauce will do to you.
I don't need to dangle any carrots in your face. These carrots, and the following recipe are that good.
Red on the outside. Orange on the inside. A sweet crunch that does not even compare to a store-bought carrot. Stillman's, you did it again.
Vegetable Lentil Rolls with Peanut Sauce
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp EVOO
3-4 carrots, thinly sliced
1 head of Napa cabbage, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp lite soy sauce
1 Tbsp turmeric
1 tsp ginger powder
1 Tbsp cumin
1 package (8 oz.) Trader Joe's fully cooked black beluga lentils
1 package Nasoya egg roll wrappers
vegetable spray/vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute onions and garlic in EVOO in pan over medium heat until fragrant and onions are translucent. Add in carrots and cabbage and stir-fry until the cabbage begins to wilt. Add spices, soy sauce, and lentils. Stir until mixed. Put 1-2 Tbsp mixture in an egg roll wrapper. Wrap it up, spray with vegetable spray or brush with vegetable oil and line rolls in a pan, and bake for about 15 minutes, or until egg roll wrapper starts to brown. You may need to flip them over half way through.
Serve with Eating Well's spicy peanut sauce. I nixed the Sriracha sauce, just because I didn't have any. It was just as good.
Think cayenne pepper-sprinkled PB&J meets a soy sauce-covered coconut. Sweet, salty, savory and spicy. Everything you could ever ask for.
Janel has another egg roll recipe that sounds delicious. Dessert egg rolls? Sign me up.
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Did you dress up for Halloween? This is as far as I got...
You could say I was impersonating a vampire. Tim, on the other hand, dressed up as a vegan. Vegans have the tastiest blood.
I was too busy carving awesome pumpkins to come up with a better, more creative costume.
Happy November!
Question of the Day: What's the strangest combination of ingredients that, together, actually taste good?
The rolls sound so yummy! I love lentils. I am going to have to try these for my family.
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ReplyDeleteThese pictures are incredible!!!and i love the pumpkins- great job carving!
those rolls sound amazing!!! and the carrots are beautiful.
ReplyDeletetim was a vegan for halloween?? how did i not know this!!! too cute you two, too cute!
Those rolls sound so.good. And your pumpkins are awesome!!
ReplyDeleteWeird flavor combos? Well, I'm puerto rican and some of our traditional foods have some interesting food combos. There's this one dish called Pastelon, which is actually put together like a lasagna. It has a layer of egg (on bottom and on top like a thin omelet,) satueed beef, green beans and plantains so it's like a sweet/savory thing. (I actually just Googled it and there are different variations but this is how my family makes it)It sounds gross but it's SOO GOOD. (not being baised or anything)
Happy November!!
I want those carrots. This recipes is a keeper.
ReplyDeleteThose rolls look delicious! And your pics are great.
ReplyDeleteGreat carrot picture: it makes my day when I see a carrot that color (what is wrong with RDs?!) ;) Cute into and your recipe sounds lovely!
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